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Sindhuja Sankaran
Jul 26, 20222 min read
Can we at least take a taxi to McDonald's?
Here is a first-hand account of one of the volunteers helping carry out civil rescue operations at the border in Podlasie. "On a rainy...
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Karolina Rybakowska
Jul 25, 20222 min read
Hong Kong protests
The #HongKong protests began in June 2019 in opposition to a proposed extradition to mainland #China. Critics feared this could undermine...
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Annika Wrona
Jul 22, 20222 min read
Chinese political refugees in Taiwan and Hong Kong
The #ChineseRepublic’s way of dealing with dissidents is harsh, regardless of whether political, religious or any other matter is in...
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Upasana Ghosh
Jul 22, 20222 min read
History of migration in China
China has been a country of migration since the ancient period. Communities from #CentralAsia, North #Russia and Steppe land would travel...
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Sophia Graziano
Jul 21, 20221 min read
Refugee policies and attitudes - China
The People’s Republic of #China’s role in international refugee protection has long been overlooked. On one hand, The number of Chinese...
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Anupama Ghosh
Jul 19, 20223 min read
Footprints of USA in Asian Wars - A historical perspective
Last year, after clinching a deal with the #Taliban, the #US ceased its 20-year invasion. What began as the USA’s ‘War on Terror’ in...
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Sarah Meier
Jul 18, 20222 min read
Trump's anti-Muslim bill
For nearly two decades and over three presidencies, the #US federal and state governments have violated the freedoms of their citizens...
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Nicole Di Stefano
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Guantanamo Bay
It’s been 20 years since #GuantanamoBay - the #US high security prison located in Cuba – was set up, 4 months after the September 11,...
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Colin Wyss
Jul 17, 20222 min read
Summit of the Americas
It’s been 20 years since #GuantanamoBay - the #US high security prison located in Cuba – was set up, 4 months after the September 11,...
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Amber Johansen
Jul 15, 20222 min read
Modern slavery - The real Mo Farah
A BBC documentary released on Wednesday revealed Olympic athlete Sir Mo Farah's harrowing childhood, after being #trafficked into...
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Hector Franco
Jul 14, 20221 min read
Children at the US-Mexico border reunification
In 2018, the #Trump administration announced its "zero tolerance" policy, in which the Justice Department initiated criminal...
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Marta Krzesińska
Jul 12, 20222 min read
Refugee policies and attitudes - USA
The #US#asylum policy is based on three requirements: 1. The applicant cannot be convicted of a serious crime 2. They must show a...
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Nicole Di Stefano
Jul 8, 20222 min read
The lives of refugees in Ventimiglia at risk
Since 2015, the city of #Ventimiglia at the Italian-French border, is one of the most important crossing points in #Europe – seeing about...
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Eleana Malanou & Katarina Pavičić-Ivelja
Jul 6, 20222 min read
Calais: Equal treatment saves lives
The French city of #Calais has long been the epicenter of European migration. Ever since the height of the crisis the refugees...
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Annika Wrona
Jul 6, 20221 min read
Yearly German 'Basic Rights Report' critcises the State's behaviour towards people from Afghanistan
Since 1997, a German civil rights organization has published the so-called #Grundrechte-Report (basic rights report) every year. It...
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Annika Wrona
Jul 4, 20222 min read
Should refugees 'prove their worth' to be accepted into host countries?
We all came across this story: In May 2018, the 22-year-old Mamoudou Gassama became a 'hero' by saving a child from falling out of a...
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Marta Krzesińska
Jul 3, 20222 min read
Refugee policies and attitudes - France
The percentage of the immigrant population in French society is not as high as in most of the neighbouring countries. Although the topic...
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Colin Wyss
Jul 2, 20222 min read
UK refugee housing crisis
For several years, scandals related to the reception conditions of #refugees, displaced people, and #asylumseekers have been pointed out...
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Upasana Ghosh
Jul 2, 20222 min read
Rwanda offshoring plan disregards human rights and international law
The Conservative government of the #UK introduced an #asylum policy on April 14 2022, allowing for export of #asylumseekers to #Rwanda, a...
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Anupama Ghosh
Jul 1, 20222 min read
Current treatment of refugees evokes UK's colonial past
As a consequence of conflict in countries such as #Syria, #Afghanistan, and more recently #Ukraine, scores of people have been traversing...
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